New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-18
BLAMING JAILER FOLZ.
CRIMINAL CARELEssNEss IN CHICAGO.
THE WAY LISGG GOT HIS BOMBs-HIs LAST LITTER
PARSONS SUCCESSOR DEFIANT.
lnY I,LEcEAPH To LIE TRIDUNr.5

CHICAGO. Nov. 17.-DsciOsurcs continue 10 be made
every day which show how loosely things were done at
the County Jail last week 1t appears also that the
newspaper reporters and the public were made the
victims of systematic mendacy by tho jail officials
When Jailer Foz was placed his oath he slid that
Immediately after Lnggs suicide he found pieces o.
an ex ploded gas pipe bomb in the cell When he was
not oath he and his subordi mates repeatedly iUid
the newspaper men that nothing was found i'll LnGg s
cell TO Indicate The in which the suicide was
committed. FOlz tolls oath how the four bombs
fOnnd the Sandy preceding tho execution
One rolled out of box with false BOTTOM and was
picked up under tie SuppoSion that II was i dumb
bcllr used by Lingg for exercise. After the bomb
supposed to be ii dumb bell had been found. tho box
of which had fallen accident ally kicked ovci
and three other bombs fell out then il was disoov-
cred that they not dumb bells. Evidently, ii
that box had not been accident ally kicked, the bombs
w.'l not have been discovered I'll the destructive
work for which they were procured had been accom-
l,Shed In regard to a.! ihcs- matters the reporters
regularly deceived and humbuFged by Folz ant
his undcrlings The Arbeer Zcitung7 this morning
publishes letter from LingG which he sent out with
his socd linen and 1t is highly probable that tho
bomb with which he ended his life conveyed 10
him 10y the samc means Lingg had OF com
muncaing with outsiders even after the four bombs
were discovered in his cell Following is the letter:
:DrM FRIrNDs: ! am cut OFF from all means OF
Communication. receive newspapers even
therefore send yon my washing in the hope that you
may lind this ! find myself in the best Of health and
spirits I'm spite OF my isolation. which Will probably
last Till tho end Then the reporters can lie at viii
about my last hours thought al least 70 be able to
tell hearers the truth the scaiOld. but this hope
has also vanished aud II doesn't suit me to bc Tod
like a lamb to the slaughter. Every day my cell is
searched anew.
Please go also to Fredel's. 400 Wells 81. Ny love
TO Elise and the others. VIII not write direct; so
She; She Will fRd it difficult enough while She dmcS 10
Let Elise and all my good friends read this. and
please send II or copy TO New-lork
Now receive my heartfelt thanks for yonr trorhc
ahort mr.. and all receive my regards. Nil hpch die
Anachic. Your LnlI> Lance.
The Tbccr Zcitung." which began The autohios-
raply Of Lingg yesterday. concluded It day Most
Of is taken up with his history before he came TO
This country. but little IS said concerning his arrest
and trial H. says that he born in Mannheim on
September .. 1sG4 that his father a workman IN
lumber yard and his mother laHndrywoman. and
that the hardshps and pIivations of his early life led
him 90 the belief in he necessity of a social rcvoln
ton. In each city and country he visited InEss
first act was to join some socialist society.
"Thc Alarm" Psrsons's old paper. viii male IFS
appearance again 10 morrow. lis tone il almost
fierce as Of yorc. The leading article. written b.
Dyer D. Lum the successor oi Parsons, say:
The former editor Of The Alarm ha, been siran
elcd TO death by the state Tho seal Of legal di'ap
Iroval has leen placed upon free speech Ienccfouh
working men and women must keep silent. or onIy
cianor for relief through lines laid down for ihcm
Relief may be asked parties may bc organized. but
opposition 10 the source of injustice by which relics
handicapped IS hcncefor'h throttlcd. Exon the Mar
seillas" Is forbidden 10 be al festivals Law. the
father Of all crime. t" source Of all Injustice, The
barrier 10 all voluntary cooperation. stands grim and
red handed over The duty OF the h0ar !, NOW to
wage the battle for free press.
ono feature Of tho issue is poem ITO Lucy T.
Parsons" concluding as follows
Freedom mourns but wceu> not long
The battle was 10y them begun.